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  1. Re:He is not a programmer's programmer on Gates' Replacement says Microsoft Must Simplify · · Score: 1

    True enough. Intel also uses exchange, and while I guess this could be the WinTel thing, ... yes it is the WinTel thing, couldn't think of anything else.
    -nB

  2. Re:RAID is the solution. on Replacement for Jewel Cases? · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah?
    Well I wrap my drives in mu metal...
    So double dumbass on you :-)

  3. Re:Unreported cases on Procurement Fraud in the IT Sector · · Score: 1

    Depending on the persion that is possible.
    -nB

  4. Re:RAID is the solution. on Replacement for Jewel Cases? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Pair of large HDDs placed in a banks safe deposit vault.
    That's what I do, one drive is at home and once a month I rotate in the other drive.

    Mind you I don't keep MP3s and AVIs on those drives, I keep family photos, scans of important documents, my wife's masters thesis and supporting material (last thing I want is to answer to her when hundreds of hours of work goes *poof*).
    -nB

  5. Re:RAID0 is evil and must die. on RAID Controller Shoot-Out · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it is still stupid to rely on raid0 for anything but scratch space and swapfile space.
    I have two systems, both are fairly nice. My video editing rig boots from solid state media (a 4 gig CF card) and runs on a raid0 for the video. The moment the transcoding/editing/whatever is done it pipes over the network to the other machine which is running raid5.
    -nB

  6. Re:Mod parent off-topic on Over 12,000 black Nintendo DS Lite Systems Stolen · · Score: 0

    I think this might actually qualify as pwnage.
    funny really, as I couldn't find anything to use my mod points on and they expired yesterday.
    -nB

  7. Re:Repudiate Copyright on Another Sky Press Driving Neo-Patronage · · Score: 1

    Touche :-)

  8. Re:Incomprehensible article titles, part XIX on Another Sky Press Driving Neo-Patronage · · Score: 1

    "Incomprehensible article titles, part XIX
    you missed a few M's a D and two C's thus:
    Incomprehensible article titles, part MMMDCCXIX

  9. Re:Repudiate Copyright on Another Sky Press Driving Neo-Patronage · · Score: 1

    The performer speaks it best ;)

    While I would love to agree with dada on this, I am afraid in the long term he will be less profitable than the (c) abusers.
    Lets face it, copyright law the way it was brought into this world was a GoodThing(tm) but the way it's been twisted is not.
    The bright side of dada's method is that he will likely have less ulcers to spend his profit on fixing :-)

    -nB
    FWIW any site I've produced for myself has been either CC, copyleft, or GPL Doc licence.

  10. Re:Let me be the first to say on 3D Realms Won't Rush Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 1

    I love your sig.
    Type 1 people bug the hell outa me. You always end up seeing +=1 and -=1 statements out in their code to "make it work".
    -nB

  11. Re:The positive side on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 1

    s/RH20%/RH<20%/

    Teach me to ignore the preview button...
    -nB

  12. Re:The positive side on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 1

    And arid conditions east of the mountains = longer equipment life.

    Remind me again how that is supposed to work? Last I checked air with a RH20% has a much higher propencity for static charge buildup.
    -nB

  13. Re:The positive side on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe. But what happens when Google is declared a religion and these priests/engineers are all living tax free? I bet you didn't think of that.

    What you forgot is that someone already ruined that party (L Ron Hubbard) with the psychopathic cult known as scientology. I mean I "get into" a sci-fi book when I read it, or even a series, but these guys have gone too far.

    Anyway, back on topic: Since Scientology has already plowed under the viability of starting a phony church as a tax shelter, I don't think Google will get away with it (though I might actually join the Google quackary, esp. if it included wetware implants for net interaction...)
    -nB

  14. Re:Well, nice while it lasted on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 1

    LMAO, that was great.
    BTW net neutrality is a US thing.
    Won't hurt Google outside of the US.
    -nB

  15. Re:Goodbye Finger on Implants for Sensing Magnetic Fields · · Score: 3, Informative

    That would be an emergency quench and with most MRIs I'm familiar with runs a 10-20% chance of the magnet tearing its self apart as the field collapses.
    -nB

  16. Re:and therefore not distributed on FTC and Rockstar Settle Hot Coffee Dispute · · Score: 1

    The console-makers would also have the option of refusing to release a game that isn't ESRB-rated

    Ok, that I did not think of, and could prove to be an issue.
    -nB

  17. Re:$11,000 per item??? on FTC and Rockstar Settle Hot Coffee Dispute · · Score: 1

    In reality though, RockStar could simply not have the game rated.
    -nB

  18. Re:Police? on How Not to Steal a Sidekick · · Score: 1

    Is it the fat guy claiming to be an MP?
    If so I call bullshit. However on the same vein, can that be then construed as imitating a police officer or some such (which my guess says is actually a bigger crime than the rest thrown together)?

    -nB

  19. Re:Geez... what a precedent on Lawyers Ordered to Play RPS to Settle Dispute · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "We can also easily read [...] words with mixed capital and small letters"

    I DoN'T Know AbOUt you BUt i FiND PeopLe WhO WriTE LIkE THis AcTiVate MY WritTEN noISe FilTER.

    And I simply ignore them. (Damn that was a pain to write)
    -nB

  20. Re:drives are faster, too on Seagate Announces First Hybrid Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    You still get fragmentation (the addressing is not progressive and has gaps), but you no longer care because it costs you no speed.
    -nB

  21. Re:Same as last year. on Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers · · Score: 1

    "Call this ad-hominem if you like"

    It is...
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    Doesn't mean you're wrong thoug :-)
    -nB

  22. Re:Not too close now on New Personal Mono-Wing · · Score: 1

    Wheeeeeee!
    *splork*

    *crackle* Mayday Mayday United 354 Heavy, we just hit a UFO and we're going down!

    Hope that places your finger :-)
    -nB

  23. Re:Gas Mileage on ISPs Offer Faster Speeds, Why Don't We Get Them? · · Score: 1

    I tested as follows:
    VPN into work VNC into local work machine, run test, result: maxed out the test server, now on same VNC connection run the test from my local machine, result? sucky. Even after accounting for 10% packet overhead and another 10% for the VPN I was missing the speed mark.
    -nB

  24. Re:Why are they suing AT&T? on AT&T Accidentally Leaks NSA Suit Information · · Score: 1

    Yes, but like any law, there is an obvious loophole that TLA's can exploit.
    It's a no-win for the people.
    -nB

  25. Re:Why are they suing AT&T? on AT&T Accidentally Leaks NSA Suit Information · · Score: 1

    Yes, but in a stroke of brillance there was a law passed that makes it illegal to sue the government without the government's permission....
    -nB